Gastroenterology
Volume 134, Issue 4 , Pages 960-974.e8, April 2008

Performance of Transient Elastography for the Staging of Liver Fibrosis: A Meta-Analysis

  • Mireen Friedrich–Rust

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine I, J. W. Goethe-University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany
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  • Mei–Fang Ong

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, Internal Medicine-Biomathematics, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany
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  • Swantje Martens

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, Internal Medicine-Biomathematics, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany
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  • Christoph Sarrazin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine I, J. W. Goethe-University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany
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  • Joerg Bojunga

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine I, J. W. Goethe-University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany
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  • Stefan Zeuzem

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine I, J. W. Goethe-University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany
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  • Eva Herrmann

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, Internal Medicine-Biomathematics, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Eva Herrmann, PhD, Faculty of Medicine, Internal Medicine-Biomathematics, Saarland University, Kirrbergerstrasse, 66421 Homburg/Saar, Germany. fax: (49) (0)6841-16-23583.

Received 31 May 2007; accepted 10 January 2008. published online 21 January 2008.

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    •  This study was supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) program Kompetenznetz Hepatitis (Hep-Net).

    PII: S0016-5085(08)00108-X

    doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2008.01.034

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